Physical Therapy   Tags: physical_therapy  

New Physical Therapy books are continuing to arrive ... so come and check out at the NEW BOOKS shelf, and see my Recent Book Orders in Health & Medical Science

Note:  Therapeutic Exercise: Foundations & Techniques (5th ed.) is now available through e-brary

New DVD's at the library include:

The Alzheimer's project (cataloging in process)

Anatomy for Beginners  QM33.5 .A533 2006.  A set of 4 DVD's covering Movement, Circulation, Digestion & Reproduction.

Cultural Diversity in Healthcare  RA418.5.T73 C85 2007

Professional behavior in healthcare professions: effective communication with patients  R727.3 .P76 2007

Safe transfers using proper techniques and mechanical lifts. RT87.T72 S24 2007

See my full list of recent DVD orders.

SHU Libraries (new library website!)

SetonCat (online library catalog)

SetonCat at WorldCat (our new library catalog. search books, journals, and articles!)

School of Health & Medical Sciences

Physical therapy home at SHU

American Physical Therapy Association

Federation of State Boards of Physical Therapy (includes NPTE)

Welcome to the University Libraries Physical Therapy research guide.  I hope it will bring you and a wide range of resources together, and help you to find and enjoy all that our library has to offer.  This guide is a work in progress, and I welcome suggestions for improvement.  Please email me if you have comments or suggestions for improvement.

Discovering Physical Therapy:  from the American Physical Therapy Association (primarily consumer oriented)

Position Statement:  from the World Confederation for Physical Therapy

History of IFOMT: from The International Federation of Orthopaedic Manipulative Therapists

Physical Therapy Specialties: From APTA; includes information & applications for:

• Geriatrics, Neurology, Orthopaedics, Pediatrics & Sports
• Women's Health
• Cardiovascular & Pulmonary, Clinical Electrophysiology

The most common definition of EBM is taken from Dr. David Sackett's article. "Evidence-based Medicine: What it is and what it isn't" (BMJ 1996 Jan 13; vol. 312 (7023), pp.71-2). EBM is "the conscientious, explicit and judicious use of current best evidence in making decisions about the care of the individual patient. It means integrating individual clinical expertise with the best available external clinical evidence from systematic research."

Related Resources at SHU Library

Guide to evidence-based physical therapy practice   RM700 .J49 2008

Evidence-based medicine : how to practice and teach EBM.  R723.7 .E954 2008

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